I've been approached by my Human Resources department about getting a Document Management Solution for Resumes. The current solution is a filing cabinet, so a bit "Stone Age" for the time.

I've had plenty of experience working with CCH ProSystem fx Document, but always in a situation where other CCH products are used, since the main draw of Document was integration with other CCH products, and because we have no need for other CCH products (wrong vertical) I don't think it's the best solution. (Not to take a swing at CCH, but the products were always sub-par when they stood by themselves).

While it's easy for me to say "Just work with the digital copies" it's very difficult to sort through so many documents with ease, and essentially this is just a digital version of a filing cabinet (not bad, just not better).

I also don't think Sharepoint is an option either, as it's just a pretty front end for the solution above and doesn't provide any added functionality. (though, perhaps Sharepoint changed since 2003...)

So, Spiceworks Community. What are you using? What did you look into? How would you solve this problem if presented to you?

(I'm digging around the community now, but most of these threads are a bit dated)

We watched a demo of FreeForm by Square9, it looks like it will fit your needs well. It easily integrates with their doc management software, SmartSearch. We were very impressed with both FreeForm and SmartSearch (FreeForm specifically for our HR department) and we're in the process of obtaining final approval from the higher-ups to potentially implement their doc management software.

Works with petty much any application as it just works through Windows Explorer so it is not dependant on heavy add-ins etc. There are add-ins for common applications but it will work even without those.